Paste brush



March 26, 1929.

G. E. MILLER PASTE BRUSH 'Filed March 21. 1927 Patented Mar. 276, 1929. ,y l l UNITED STATESA PATENT oFFicE.

GEORGE E.' MILLER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CARTERS INK COMPANY, OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION F MASSACHUSETTS.

rAsTE BRUSH.

iippiicatiqn flied March 21, 1927. semi No. 176,973.

The invention relates to an improvement i The wiping member when made thus ilexin paste brushes or the like made of rubber ible is in itself too fiabby or flaccid to funcor similar elastic material. tion properly as a brush and at the same time The object of the invention is to provide owing to such flexibility would throw a se- 5 in such a brush an elastic wiping member `vere strain on the joint between it and the possessing such flexibility that Vwhen the sha'nk causing disruption in course of time. member is brought into wiping contactwith :lhis is prevented, however, by the reinforcan object it will have a side surface wiping ing members 5, 5 which extend from the botcontact with the object as differentiated .from tom of the shank downwardly with substan- 10 a wiping edge contact therewith, the wiping tially V-shaped projection onto the opposite member at the same time not being flabby sides of the wiping member, the reinforcing or flaccid, which is a thing to be avoided, exmembers gradually lessening in Vamount or cepting in its outer end portion which is left size until they merge into the side surfaces of more or less fiabby or flaccid as is desirable. the wiping member. In this way the fiexi- 15 The invention can best be seen and underbility of the wiping member is so retained stood by reference to the drawings in whichthat it will present a broad side face to the Figure l shows the brush in front elevaobject when brought into wiping contact with tion Y it as shown in Fig. 4, the reinforcing mem- Fig. 2 is a side elevation. bers -themselvesbending to permit of such 20 Fig, 3 is a cross vertical section, and bending or flexibility inv the entire wiping Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing the brush member, at the same time so stiffening the when its wiping member is in wiping conwiping member as to prevent fiabbiness extact with an obj ect. cepting at the outer end of the member where Referring to the drawings Y a certain amount of iabbiness is desirable.

25 l represents the shank portion of the brush The reinforcing members also give necessary having within it a socket Q into which fits a strength at the point of the joint between handle 3. Extending from the forward end the shank and the wiping member, making of the shank isawiping member 4` Extendthe wiping member turn relatively to the ing also from the shank with projection onto shank on a relatively wide bending line in- 3o the opposite sides of the wiping member are stead vof a narrow sharply defined line as reinforcing members 5, 5. would be the case if the reinforcing members The shank 1, wiping member 4 and rein for the wiping member were not provided. 85 vforcing members 5, 5 may be, and preferably By the term rubber as used herein and in are in one integral moulded piece, being made the claim is meant either rubber or material out of rubber or similar material in order or composition having the characteristics of that a certain amount of elasticity may rerubber. j f

side in the shank so that it may tightly hug Having thus fully described my invention,

the end of the handle insertedwithin its I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent socket and in order also that elasticity couof the United States t. 1

40 pled with flexibility may reside in the wip- A paste brush or the like made of rubber ing member 4 and the reinforcing meincomprising a shank having within it asocket,

bers 5, 5. I f a handle fitting within the socket, a relatively The shank l is preferably tubular in form. thin wiping lmember j extending from thev The wiping member 4 projecting from the shank and possessing body flexibility, and an forward end of the shank is preferably made elastic reinforce for the wiping member havto widen from the point of the shank to the ing a substantially V-shaped projection from outer end of the member. The wiping memkthe shank onto the opposite sides of the wipber is also made sufiiciently thin to be quite ing member, the reinforce gradually lessenflexible, that is, so thin that when the wip ing in amount as extension is made onto the 5o ing member is brought into wiping Contact sides of said member.

wit-h an object as shown in Fig. 4 the side of the member will have surface contact with f GEORGE E. MILLER.

the obj ect.

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